B.!Tech.!(Biotechnology):2011Syllabus!

1 0 B. tech . ( biotechnology ): 2011 Syllabus I Year I Semester Sl. No. Course No. Course Title Credit Hours department 1 BTB 101 Basic Cell Biology 1+1 DPMB & B 2 AGR 151 Production of Agricultural crops 2+1 Agronomy 3 AGM 151 Fundamentals of Microbiology 2+1 Agrl. Microbiology 4 COM 111 Fundamentals of Information Technology 1+1 PS & IT 5 MAT 111 Applied Mathematics 1+1 PS & IT 6 SAC 101 Principles of Analytical Chemistry 1+1 SS & AC 7 PBG 101 Introduction to Agricultural Botany 1+1 PB & G 8 ENG 101 English for Effective Communication 0+1 English 9 NSS / NCC 101 National Service Scheme / National Cadet Corps 0+1 NSS /NCC Units 10 PED 101 Physical Education 0+1 Physical Education Total 9+10=19 I Year II

2 Semester Sl. No. Course No. Course Title Credit Hours department 1. BTB 102 Chemistry of Nucleic Acids and Proteins 2+1 DPMB & B 2. BTB103 Basic Molecular Biology 2+1 DPMB & B 3. BTB 104 Instrumentation in biotechnology 0+1 DPMB & B 4. BIF 101 Introduction to Bioinformatics 1+1 DPMB & B 5. BIC 101 Fundamentals of Biochemistry 2+1 Biochemistry 6. PHY 151 Biophysics 1+1 Physics (PS&IT) 7. CRP 101 Crop Physiology 2+1 Crop Physiology 8. PBG 102 Principles of Genetics 2+1 PB & G Total 12+8=20 1 II Year III Semester Sl.

3 No Course No. Course Title Credit Hours department 1. BTB 201 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry 1+1 DPMB & B 2. BTB 202 Plant Cell and Tissue Culture 2+1 DPMB & B 3. BTB 203 Enzymology 2+1 DPMB & B 4 BIF 201 Biological Databases 1+1 DPMB & B 5 AGM 251 Microbial Genetics 1+1 Agrl. Microbiology 6 FPE 253 Process Engineering in biotechnology 1+1 Engineering 7 BTH 251 Production Technology of Horticultural Crops 2+1 Horticulture 8 AEN 251 Fundamentals of Entomology and Pest Management 2+1 Entomology 9 ANM 201 Introductory Nematology 1+1 Nematology Total 13+9=22 II Year IV Semester S.

4 No. Course No. Course Title Credit Hours department 1. BTB 204 Introduction to Genetic Engineering 2+1 DPMB & B 2. BIC 251 Intermediary Metabolism 2+1 Biochemistry 3. SST 201 Principles of Seed Technology 2+1 SS & T 4. PAT 251 Fundamentals of Plant Pathology and Disease Management 2+1 Pathology 5. FOR 211 Forest Resource Management 1+ 1 Forestry 6. ARM201 Introduction to Agribusiness Management 1+1 ARM 7. AMP 251 Animal Physiology 1+1 Animal Husbandry 8. STA 211 Applied Statistics 1+1 PS & IT Total 12+8=20 2 III Year V Semester Sl.

5 No. Course No. Course Title Credit Hours department 1. BTB301 Bioprospecting 2+1 DPMB & B 2. BTB302 biotechnology for Biotic Stress Management 2+1 DPMB & B 3. BTB303 Molecular Markers and Genome Mapping 2+1 DPMB & B 4. BTB304 Plant Genetic Transformation 2+1 DPMB & B 5. BTB305 Applied Cell Biology 2+0 DPMB & B 6. BTB 306 Immunology 2+1 DPMB & B 7 AGM 351 Fermentation Technology 1+1 Agrl. Microbiology 8 PBG 301 Principles and Methods of Plant Breeding 2 +1 PB & G 9 NST 301 Fundamentals and Applications of Nanotechnology 1 +0 Nano Technology Total 16+7=23 III Year VI Semester Sl.

6 No Course No. Course Title Credit Hours department 1. BTB307 biotechnology for Abiotic Stress Management in Crops 1+1 DPMB & B 2. BTB308 Biopharmaceutical Technology 2+1 DPMB & B 3. BIF 303 Genetic Diversity Analysis 1+1 DPMB & B 4. AGM 352 Food biotechnology 1+1 Agrl. Microbiology 5. AMP 351 Animal biotechnology 2+1 Animal Husbandary 6. ENS 351 Environmental biotechnology 2+1 Environmental Sciences 7. ENG 301 Soft skills for Employability 0+1 English 8. EXP 301 Experiential Learning - 1 0+5 DPMB & B Total 9+12=21 3 IV Year VII Semester Sl.

7 No Course No. Course Title Credit Hours department 1. BTB401 biotechnology Work Experience (BWE) 0+12 DPMB & B 2. BTB402 Project Work 0+4 DPMB & B 3. BTB403 Industrial and Institutional Education tour 0 +1 DPMB & B Total 0+17=17 IV Year VIII Semester Sl. No Course No. Course Title Credit Hours department 1. BTB404 Molecular Pharming 1+1 DPMB & B 2. BTB405 Molecular Virology 1+1 DPMB & B 3 BTB406 Genomics and Proteomics 2+1 DPMB & B 4 BTB407 Molecular Ecology and Evolution 2+1 DPMB & B 5 BTB 408 Biosafety and Bioethics 1+0 DPMB & B 6 TIP 451 Intellectual property and its application in biotechnology 1+0 Dept.

8 Of Trade and IP 7 TAM 401 /ENG 401 ,yf;fpa';fspy; ntshz;ika[k; mwptpay; jkpH; gadhf;fKk; / Development Education for non Tamil students 0 +1 Tamil / English 8 EXP 401 Experiential Learning II 0+5 DPMB & B Total 8+10=18 4 Abstract Semester wise Distribution of Courses for B. tech . ( biotechnology ) Semester Number of courses Credit Hours I 10 9+10=19 II 8 12+8=20 III 9 12+9=21 IV 8 13+8=21 V 9 15+7=22 VI 8 10+12=22 VII 3 0+17=17 VIII 8 8+10=18 Total 63 79+81=160]